Agentive Exocentric [V+N]N Compounds

TankHughes commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

I've found about 500 total, but this list sadly has 8.

December 17, 2013

ruzuzu commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

You inspire us.

March 6, 2014

hernesheir commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

cutpurse

March 6, 2014

TankHughes commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

thanks hemesheir. Spurred by your comment, I've added more of the common and modern examples. I have a huge Excel spreadsheet of the 500+ I found in my research, but it doesn't seem helpful to list all of the obscure ones here.

Interested parties can watch my 2013 Ignite Portland talk about these compounds: http://youtu.be/x1pYC0AAbJ0

March 6, 2014

hernesheir commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

List the obscure ones too Tank!

March 6, 2014

hernesheir commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

My list of compound derogative terms, Gapeseeds and Muckworms, contains many others.

March 6, 2014

bilby commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

Your link to Gapeseeds et al is borked.

March 7, 2014

ruzuzu commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

In the meantime, your talk was awesome. Thank you, TankHughes.

And I vote for obscure ones, too!

March 7, 2014

slumry commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

What do you think about quitclaim, stoploss and maybe loosestrife? 

July 31, 2015

slumry commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

I guess it would be stop-loss rather than stoploss, if at all.

July 31, 2015

ry commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

smash-mouth??

June 28, 2021

ry commented on the list agentive-exocentric--v-n-n-compounds

a thread on Twitter about these compounds went quite viral today. I'd have jumped into the replies to link here, but happily erinmckean had already done it

September 13, 2022